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Development

Mexico: the crisis of the countryside

The protests by producers and transporters highlight a structural crisis in the Mexican countryside, marked by insecurity, food dependency, and the absence of a long-term agricultural policy.

Contradictions of development in times of climate crisis

Brazil’s and Uruguay’s oil bets reveal the tensions between their climate rhetoric and a development model that still prioritizes fossil fuels despite the environmental urgency.

From patching to prevention: How to align development in Latin America to avoid the next disaster

In Latin America, disasters are not acts of nature, but the result of development decisions that manufacture vulnerability and risk from their very origin.

A new lost decade for Latin America?

ECLAC warns of low growth in Latin America and the Caribbean. Without mobilizing resources, the region risks another lost decade.

Organized crime and human development: the urgency of a structural response in Latin America

The rise of organized crime in Latin America threatens not only security, but the very foundations of human development and democracy in the region.

Every person with talent is an act of collective care

The closure of Ecuador’s Ministry of Culture reveals its weak role, political misuse, and failure to act as a pillar of collective care for talent.